Probeebeidae

Probeebeidae
Probeebei mirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Probeebeidae
Boone, 1926
Type genus
Probeebei
Boone, 1926
Other genera

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The Probeebeidae are a family of marine hermit crabs with fossils dating back to the Albian stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch. The family is thought to have originated somewhere in the Late Jurassic.

Genera

Probeebeidae contains three genera (two extant, one extinct).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fraaije, René H.B.; Mychko, Eduard V.; Barsukov, Leonid S.; Jagt, John W.M. (February 2024). "A new mid-Cretaceous hermit crab (Crustacea, Anomura) from Central Russia sheds new light on paguroid evolution". Cretaceous Research. 154 105749. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105749. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 De Grave, Sammy (2020). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Probeebeidae Boone, 1926". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2025.